#B3ACBC#B3ACBC

#B3ACBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.024 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ACBC
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 5.53, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 9.13, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0139 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.024 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4184, 42.7197, 53.5782)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ACBC #B5BCAC

analogous

#ACADBC #B3ACBC #BBACBC

triadic

#B3ACBC #BCB3AC #ACBCB3

tetradic

#B3ACBC #BCACAD #B5BCAC #ACBCBB

square

#B3ACBC #BCACAD #B5BCAC #ACBCBB

split-complementary

#B3ACBC #BCBBAC #ADBCAC

monochromatic

#756A83 #948AA1 #B3ACBC #D2CED7 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B3ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B3ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ACBC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ACBC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.024 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d0',
    500: '#b3acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3acbc;
$custom-light: #c9c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75521,
    "c": 0.02385,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ACBC

secondary

#E2E4E0

accent

#955177

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ACBC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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